Whither research integrity? Plagiarism, self-plagiarism and coercive citation in an age of research assessment

Research Policy

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1005-1014

  Martin, Ben R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coercive citation; Performance indicators; Plagiarism; Redundant publication; Research misconduct; Self plagiarism

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING;

COERCIVE CITATION; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PLAGIARISM; REDUNDANT PUBLICATION; RESEARCH MISCONDUCT; SELF-PLAGIARISM;

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY;

EID: 84876831534     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2013.03.011     Document Type: Editorial

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